The prophet /
by Kahil Gibran; with an introduction by Christine Baker.
- Hertfordshire [England] : Wordsworth Editions Limited, 1996.
- xvi,60 p. ; 20 cm.
- Wordsworth classics of world literature .
First published in the 1920s, this book attempts to provide the reader with a guide to living. Gibran lets his protagonist, called simply the prophet, deliver homilies on a variety of topics central to daily life: love marriage and children, work and play, possessions, beauty, truth, joy and sorrow and death.